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(b) Miscellaneous foods, such as shell-fish, cream cakes,
watercress and meat products are regularly sampled by the
Sanitary Inspectors for bacteriological examination and the results
are of considerable assistance to them in their contacts with foodhandlers,
illustrating, as they often do, that the greatest care is
necessary in the storage and handling of this class of food.
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk, ice cream,
water and miscellaneous foods is carried out at the Public Health
Laboratory, Ealing, and I am indebted to the Director and Staff
of the Laboratory for their ready assistance at all times. Details
of the samples submitted will be found elsewhere in this report
under their respective headings.
Food Poisoning.
Only one case of food poisoning (Salmonella typhimurium) was
notified during the year and as there was a period of six days
between onset and notification it was not possible to trace the
source of the infection.
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